Why do people make the choices they do? SFU economists break this down into two components: the choice set and preferences. Learn more: ow.ly/sAO350UQJ1a SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences

🎉 Exciting to see Simon Fraser University researchers & their collaborators recognized in CIHR Fall 2024 Project Grant results! Congrats to: SFU Science: Tim Audas, Dustin King, Dheva Setiaputra SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences: Molly Cairncross, Kora Debeck SFU Health Sciences: Robert Hogg, Travis Salway, Brittany Barker

“Basically every safety protocol we have in place to protect against overdose, parents can't access”: Mothers who use unregulated drugs’ experiences of dual public health emergencies by Dr. Jade Boyd (2025) via International Journal of Drug Policy…mothers use drugs too! Link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

WCHRI member Elaine Hyshka (Elaine Hyshka) is urging people to listen to those impacted by toxic drugs to combat Alberta's drug crisis. While deaths dropped in 2024, the situation persists. Read more: edmontonjournal.com/opinion/column…

Evidence shows tariffs & border enforcement won’t reduce drug availability—drug networks adapt & bypass restrictions. The ‘Iron Law’ of prohibition shows harsher enforcement fuels more potent drugs. A public health approach is the real solution. 🔗Read: thelancet.com/journals/lanam…

“CPHA calls on the Government of Alberta to abandon the proposed legislation and engage with public health experts, people who use drugs, and community organizations to develop policies that are effective, ethical, and rooted in human rights.” cpha.ca/alberta-involu…

Join our next Lunch 'n' Learn for a discussion on the toxic drug crisis. guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 & SFU School of Public Policy's Kora DeBeck will challenge misconceptions and explore policies & pathways forward using decades of lived experience and evidence-based research. Register: ow.ly/OgO050Vfars

Why do we have a toxic drug crisis? Has harm reduction failed? Is a fentanyl tzar going to help? Join us to hear guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 & Kora DeBeck explore these questions and more, as well as discuss policies & offer ways forward during these challenging times. ow.ly/9p2X50Vk58v

Hope those who are interested at SFU School of Public Policy can join this session 😇

#ICYMI, our next Lunch 'n' Learn is happening next Wednesday! Join us to learn about the toxic drug crisis, challenge misconceptions and explore solutions with guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 & Kora DeBeck, blending lived experience, recovery and research. Register Now: ow.ly/JVGH50Vp2vH

“The idea that law enforcement approaches will eliminate drugs from our communities is magical thinking, DeBeck said.”

Thank you for having us SFU Vancouver !! We had a great time 🙏🏻 guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁

Why is Pierre Poilievre importing failed U.S. policies to Canada? "Three Strikes" laws are a discredited American criminal justice policy from the 1990s that INCREASE homicides, while failing to reduce crime. Research shows: "It is likely that the laws increase homicides

Community Conversations: Addiction & Mental Health — North Shore Unitarians —something to check out for people interested in meaningful conversations on substance use and drug policy! ⁦guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁⁩ northshoreunitarians.ca/blog/2025/4/2/…

Look for us on the news today. On the date that marks 9 years of the Toxic Drug Public Health Emergency & heading into the start of Year 10, FNHA will be releasing our 2024 data at a media event on Squamish Nation starting at 9:30 am.

“For academia, reducing diversity will limit the range of ideas that generate experiments and, therefore, what we can discover. This will lead to worse health outcomes for everybody.” By Attacking Science, Poilievre Takes a Page from Trump’s Playbook thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/0…

My book is out now. Available anywhere. The audiobook too (which I read). It's part memoir, part manifesto and aims right at the heart of the current Trump / Poilievre right wing backlash against harm reduction. amazon.ca/Crackdown-Surv…

I don't know who needs to hear this ... The healthiest and safest communities are ones with the most resources and services, not the most police and punishment. We are never going to arrest our way out of poverty, homelessness, addiction, and people struggling with mental

.SFU School of Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck leads the At-Risk Youth Study that's amplifying youth voices, advancing research and pushing for better drug policy and care. With support from Michael Smith Health Research BC & St Paul's Foundation, read how she’s helping shift the narrative: healthresearchbc.ca/news_article/s…

Happy to see Vancouver expanding drug inhalation sites! Well done! Thanks to CityNews for helping the public understand that this is an important part of a public health response to the toxic drug crisis vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/18/van…